Home / Forums / Melodica construction, repair and maintenance / Accordina button mechanism / Reply To: Accordina button mechanism Reply To: Accordina button mechanism August 10, 2016 at 10:12 pm #7474 Tatu SalmelaParticipant The standard Borel valve is among the simplest of valve designs: The button has a shoulder for a helical spring, which is around the rod that has the valve in the end, like in a ball-point pen. The button can rotate quite freely.